376 results found for 'Gwynt y Mor'

376 results found for 'Gwynt y Mor'
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  • Samson B Aids Jack-Up at Rhyl Flats

    27 June 2014

    Samson B recently worked with the Pacific Osprey on the Rhyl Flats Wind Farm. The Pacific Osprey is such an awesome sight it is a marvel that it even exists. Everything about it is huge with 160.9m length overall and breadth of 49m, she is a giant of the seas. Subsequently Samson B has been […]

  • Grid Expenses Hurt innogy’s Earnings

    11 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    innogy, a renewable energy, retail and grid spin-off of the German energy company RWE, issued its first independent financial report following the Initial Public Offering (IPO) in October, reporting a dip in earnings in the first nine months of 2016. The results were negatively affected by  high expenditure on grids and absence of positive one-off effects […]

  • LSH Selling Reef Subsea UK’s Plough

    23 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    Asset consultants at Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), have been appointed to sell a major subsea asset formerly operated by Reef Subsea UK Ltd, currently in administration. An SMD Heavy Duty Inter Array Flexibles Plough, that has a multi-depth capacity of up to 2.4 metres burial, can handle power cables and flexibles up to 200mm diameter, was delivered in […]

  • All Gwynt y Mor CTVs to Moor at Mostyn

    21 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    The views of fishermen and other sea users are being sought about the proposal for Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) to temporarily use the storm mooring buoys in the Dee Estuary that have been installed near to Mostyn dock over the early part of the summer. At the moment the Gwynt y Môr project is in […]

  • Gwynt y Môr Update: 4 More Turbines Installed (UK)

    5 November 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm project has advanced considerably from the last update and now it comprises four new wind turbines and an additional transition piece. In the last 15 days installation vessels Sea Jack and Sea Worker (with assistance of Sea Golf, Sea Bravo, Sea Echo & Bever) were in charge of turbine […]

  • Photo of the Day: Iceni Vengeance Backs Coastguard’s Exercise

    30 May 2016
    Vessels

    Iceni Vengeance provided the platform for the UK Coastguard to carry out a rescue exercise on 26 May.  The crew transfer vessel is currently supporting operations and maintenance (O&M) at the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm. South Boats IOW delivered Iceni Vengeance to Iceni Marine Services in March last year as the second vessel of class South […]

  • James Fisher Supports Balfour Beatty’s UK OFTO Assets

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Balfour Beatty to become the exclusive integrated marine service provider for its OFTO asset portfolio in offshore wind farms around the UK. The agreement will see James Fisher provide a fully managed service for the […]

  • I&H Brown Grabs Gwynt y Mor Job

    5 June 2015

    I&H Brown’s Civil Engineering Division is to carry out reinstatement and enabling works at The Port of Mostyn for the developers of Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm. The company has previously completed construction and maintenance works for their sister port facility at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. This project covers: reinstatement works where the company will break […]

  • Gwynt y Mor Project Undergoing O&M Operations

    11 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Greatship Manisha vessel is carrying out drilling operations at RWE’s Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The activity, including borehole work as part of the geotechnical survey at one of the foundations, will last until the next Tuesday. “During the course of drilling operations the Greatship Manisha will be connected to the seabed by a […]

  • Fugro Completes Two Tasks at Gwynt y Mor

    10 September 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has undertaken two key tasks at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, successfully completing the trenching and burial of inter-array cables for CT Offshore and providing unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey support. Once complete, RWE Innogy’s 160-turbine Gwynt y Môr, in the Irish Sea off the North Wales coast, will be the second largest […]

  • The Carbon Trust: Floating LiDARs Prove Their Worth

    30 May 2017
    R&D, Technology

    The Carbon Trust has announced the completion of the world’s largest trial of floating Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems.

  • Reef Subsea Wins Contract for Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, UK

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton on Tees and Aberdeen, has been awarded a contract with Lincs Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture between UK energy company Centrica, DONG Energy and Siemens Projects Ventures. The contract will see Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical […]

  • UK: Siemens, H&W Deploy Gwynt y Mor Substation

    13 August 2012

    Today, the latest milestone for the flagship offshore wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, will be achieved with the departure by sea of the UK engineered and built Siemens’ offshore substation. Destined for installation in Liverpool Bay, the 1,500 tonne platform was jointly designed, engineered and fabricated by Siemens in Manchester and Belfast-based shipbuilders Harland and […]

  • Rix Panther Sets Sail for Humber Job

    23 March 2015
    Vessels

    Rix Sea Shuttle is to supply crew transfer vessel, Rix Panther, to carry personnel and equipment to and from a wind farm of the Humber coast. The Rix Panther has initially been contracted for six weeks but with an option to extend the work period should the development require it. James Doyle, managing director of […]

  • Wind Farm Vessels Respond to Mayday Call off Colwyn Bay

    20 June 2016

    Tidal Transit’s crew transfer vessel Kitty Petra and North Sea Logistics’ Excalibur responded to a mayday call yesterday, after a jet ski capsized and threw a man and two children into the sea off Colwyn Bay. Following an alert by people ashore, Holyhead Coastguard broadcast a Mayday Relay to the vessels in the area, called out Llandudno RNLI inshore […]

  • Euskalforging to Deliver Flanges for Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 Foundations

    16 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Euskalforging has been awarded a contract for foundation flanges for offshore wind farms at all four Hollandse Kust Zuid sites. Under the contract, euskalforging will produce and deliver a total of 140 flanges for the TP-less foundations that will support the wind turbines of the wind farms being developed by Vattenfall. The flange supplier has […]

  • UK: SMD Delivers HD3 Inter Array Cable Plough to RSPU

    4 February 2013
    Technology

    Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) announced the early delivery of an HD3 inter array cable plough to Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd. (RSPU). RSPU has named the vehicle HDIA (Heavy Duty Inter Array) Plough and is to be mobilised onto the Polar Prince subsea construction vessel. The HD3 cable plough, which is scheduled to […]

  • Stadtwerke München Bullish on Offshore Wind

    26 July 2016
    Business & Finance

    German utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) plans further investments in the expanding offshore wind sector to substitute its loss-making gas and power plants, Reuters reports.  SWM has already invested around EUR 3 billion in renewables and the company intends to add further investments to the tally, preferably through offshore wind-related joint ventures, the company’s CEO Florian Bieberbach said […]

  • Offshore Wind Installations Stabilise in 2014, Says EWEA

    30 January 2015

    The European offshore wind industry saw new capacity installations decline by 84 MW (5.34%) in 2014 as the sector stabilised following record figures the previous year. In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74 […]

  • UK: Reef Subsea to Acquire Heavy Duty Cable Plough

    10 September 2012
    Technology

    Reef Subsea announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, has placed an order for a Heavy Duty Cable Plough, which will expand the company’s capabilities and position it as a true leading contractor in subsea trenching and cable installation. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in the North-east of England with offices […]

  • Sweden: Blue Water Shipping and Gillis Shipping Cooperate on Offshore Wind

    17 May 2013

    Blue Water Shipping and Gillis Shipping AB have agreed to form an official cooperation with focus on offshore wind activities in Sweden.  “The cooperation with Gillis Shipping AB fits perfectly with our strategy to be represented in the areas where we see possibilities for offshore wind activities. Now, we offer our clients the same service […]

  • Iceni Orders New 23m CTV from South Boats IOW and Alicat

    2 February 2016
    Vessels

    South Boats IOW Ltd. and Alicat Workboats Ltd. today received an order from Iceni Marine Services Ltd. for a new build 23m offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) plus options for a further two vessels. This vessel, to be named ‘Iceni Defender’, will be built at Great Yarmouth to satisfy Iceni’s delivery requirements and is […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Capacity Exceeds 5GW

    22 June 2015

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind and marine energy industries, is highlighting the fact that 5.054GW is now installed in UK waters, which is a significant milestone in the sector. The threshold was crossed when Gwynt y Mor wind farm, off the coast of North Wales, was officially inaugurated last week. The wind farm […]

  • RWE Awards Atlantic Array Contracts Worth GBP 3.8 Million to Local Suppliers (UK)

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    During the development phase of Atlantic Array, RWE npower renewables have been monitoring the UK contracts they have awarded. As of the end of February 2013, 11.5% of contracts for Atlantic Array have been placed in Devon, with a further 10.9% being placed with companies located in the South West. This equates to almost £2 […]

  • 6 Alpha Associates Issues Gwynt y Mor Cable Clearance Certificates

    2 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing specialist risks, has completed a comprehensive, five-month Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) risk management project and as a direct result, has issued final cable UXO clearance certificates to Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, a 160- turbine project located in Liverpool Bay. The completion of the activity and the […]

  • Cammell Laird Appoints New Energy Head

    6 January 2017
    Vessels

    Birkenhead-based shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird is to ramp up its operations in the energy sector with the appointment of a new managing director. Jonathan Brown has joined the energy division of Cammell Laird from Rolls Royce where he led its nuclear new build and projects group. Brown has previously worked for BNFL, Serco and […]